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36-Hour Chocolate Chip Cookies & Threadless Giveaway!

August 11, 2010

Cookies. Milk. Afternoon showers. Looking at the shoreline through the window. That was just the medicine needed the other day. Even if just for the enticing aroma of warm chocolate wafting through the house. I did not know the power of chocolate chip cookies until I moved to the US though. We don't really do those back home. We have eclairs, macarons, financiers. These I knew as my pick up-feel better-never let me down treats. Until I met B.

Turns out I married a chocolate chip cookie monster. It does not matter which kind comes out of the oven, a tray usually disappears in its entirety as soon as the cookies are cool enough to handle. And before I am done with the batch I can pretty much start over. His favorites are hands down chocolate chip cookies and I think I have baked 100 different recipes so far. Always in search of the next best one.

I must say, after years of marriage and oodles of batches behind me that I get it. the French have their baguette and chocolate bar as a snack, here it's cookies and milk....and I love that too. Unlike B. I am good after a couple of cookies but I had to find a gluten free recipe now and one that he would not even blink twice about trying. And liking.

I really had not particularly trying to find one until the good folks at Threadless contacted me about a promo they were doing. I have a personal rule not to do product review here, mostly because I hate to commit to a deadline for one when work is already full of deadlines as it is. But it's Threadless tees...I love them. I bought my first one four years ago and probably bought over a dozen for friends and family since then. They are awesome. Different, fun and they promote artists and individual talent.

Before I agreed I checked the selection they wanted to promote, trying to tie it in somehow with this blog and give you something back at the same time in the form of a new recipe. You can guess I fell in love with the Cookie Loves Milk design. And I had the perfect reason to search for that gluten free chocolate chip recipe my repertoire was missing.

I picked the most reliable gluten free source I know, my friend Shauna from Gluten Free Girl and The Chef. I know the extent with which her recipes are developed and the love she puts in making them for us around. If you doubt it, watch this video trailer for their upcoming cookbook. See what I mean? I picked her cookie recipe in the Blog Aid cookbook we both participated in to raise funds for the Haiti this past winter. Tons of your favorite bloggers contributed pictures and recipes! And dorky as I am, I baked in my brand new Cookie Loves Milk tee....

You know what I love about that tee-shirt? It brings a smile on everyone's face. Even the cranky bank teller giggled. Five seconds of giggles in your day and you have already done a great deal for your inner self. Smiling. The good for the soul kind of workout. Something I am definitely happy to promote and stand behind. Not to mention that this tee is so comfortable to wear I almost went to bed with it..eheheh! The flip-flops that came along? Just what I needed for the beach...

But that's not all... Threadless has nicely offered to giveaway a "Cookie Loves Milk" tee shirt to one lucky reader of this blog (they unfortunately ran out of flip-flops) and I am am adding a copy of the Blog Aid - Recipes For Haiti cookbook where the following recipe comes from. To enter:- leave a comment on this post (why not tell me your favorite cookie?) between today Wednesday August 11th and Sunday August 15th, midnight eastern US time.- one entry per person, duplicates will not be published- no anonymous entry. Sign Zorro or Bambi if you must...

36-hour Chocolate Chip Cookies - originally adapted from David Leite from Leite's Culinaria, now adapted from Shauna's version.

Note: Read more about why 36 hours in the fridge makes them better here.

In a large bowl, whisk together each of the flours and "starches" along with the xanthan gum, baking soda and baking powder.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and the sugars on medium speed for a couple of minutes. then mix for 1 minute more. Don’t overmix. the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well in between each addition and scraping the sides and bottom of your mixer bowl if necessary. Add the vanilla extract and beat an extra 30 seconds.

Add the flour mixture into the batter, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing just until the dry ingredients are coming together. Add the chocolate and mix briefly to incorporate.Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 36 hours.

When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F, position a rack in the middle of the oven and line baking sheets with parchment paper or a non-stick baking mat.Scoop your preferred size of dough balls onto your baking sheet, 2 inches apart from each other. Sprinkle the tops with the sea salt.

Bake the cookies about 12-15 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies or until golden brown. Let cool the cookies 10 minutes on the baking sheets before transferring to cooling racks.

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comments:

Such an adorable tee! I love it. With chocolate chip cookies, it's the same for us, but my big challenge was to re-create mom's cookies that we grew up on. I really do need to try these ones. They're gorgeous :).

it's hard to tell what's my favourite cookie... I'm not much of a cookie person! I do love the shirt, though. And I do love your pictures! You could probably make me want to eat even cauliflowers, if you posted about them!!

My favourite cookie of all time is a chocolate chip shortbread cookie that my Mum used to make back in the early '90s... she'd freeze batches of them and I'd just sneak them out of the freezer still icey. I LOVED them.

We don't make them anymore because I love them a little too much, and could happily eat 6-8 in one sitting.

You can't go wrong with chocolate chip, but I think my favorites are cookies I found on another blog that have dried apricots, almonds, white and semisweet chocolate chips in them. I was sure they would be too full of stuff, but instead they taste fantastic!

I have a friend who makes the best molasses cookies in the universe. I don't think I've ever actually seen them after they've cooled...we normally gobble them up as they come out of the oven, sticking our fingers into as many as we can to "mark" them as ours :D

I love Threadless tee's! I must own at least 5 and I buy them for friends and family all the time! Also I can't believe those cookies are gluten-free! They look just like the ones my mom used to bake. Must give them a try!

I made these cookies for my friend's wedding last year - they were a huge hit, totally worth having to cart all the ingredients onto a plane from WI to Boulder :)

I troll around Threadless all the time, and have loved that design for way too long to not own it. What is wrong with me? My favorite cookie is a jam thumbprint cookie - only my great grandma's recipe will do!

I love chocolate chip, but I especially love a slight variation on them for nostalgic reasons. My grandma always makes chocolate chip cookies with Smarties (chocolate candies, like M&Ms)at Christmas. They're a family favourite, and get wolfed down pretty quickly. I can't have gluten now, so both Smarties and tradiational chocolate chip cookies are out, but I'll have to try these out soon. :)

i don't have a favorite cookie anymore becuase GF just aren't the same for me, at least the way i make now without xgum. but...i guess i used to love the pink and white circus animal cookies with the sprinkles.

In Brazil there is a naturally GF type of cookie called sequilhos. don't know how to make them...maybe that's a good project :)

I will probably go with white chocolate chip macadamia nut (especially with crasins thrown in) but lately any thing i make from "vegan cookies invade the cookie jar" is right up there =) yay for brilliant chefs who experiment for the rest of us!

Oh my goodness there is something so sweet about taking chocolate chip cookies so seriously, it made me laugh a little at work (in a place that is too quiet to laugh out loud). I have battles with finding cookies that aren't too sweet, so for me a recipe for zuchini lemon cookies is my favorite one on hand (though, if we are going to split hairs, they are a little closer to tiny cakes). Thanks for all the lovely photographs!

I LOVE Shauna's GF chocolate chip cookies - I've made them several times from the BlogAid cookbook, but still - my true favorite cookie is the humble molasses cookie - it's the sweet/salty balance that I simple adore.

My favorite cookie's usually chocolate chip, but my all-time favorite ever are the peanut butter chocolate chip that the sandwich cart lady who used to sell at my office building would have. I miss her!

I have a serious addiction to chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips in them. A childhood favorite, I could eat a whole batch. Instead, I give them away as fast as possible to get them out of my sight and mouth.

Thank you for the gluten free addition - my doctor recently prescribed that I cut gluten from my diet so this is a wonderful start. Oh goodness, I don't know if I can choose just one favorite... After flip-flopping between everything from oatmeal raisin to double chocolate, I'm split between snickerdoodle an white chocolate macadamia. They're so delicious, yet both utterly sinful. I suppose I'll go with the white chocolate macadamia because there's nothing like that satisfying crunch and end of sweetness to get me going. Speaking of which, I ought to go make some now...

full disclosure: i opened this post and cheated. i scrolled down to look at the photos before reading. and here's what i said to myself, "i don't know what the giveaway is, but i want that t-shirt !"

et voila !! ;) love me my t-shirts, and looooove me my chocolate chip cookies. total cookies & milk girl over here, and also married to a cookie monster. only, he's the french one in the couple - so i'll have to take the blame for that ! haha ! great post !

Those Chocolate Chip Cookies look sooo good! Mine are always kind of misshapen, but I think that's a good excuse to try out more cookie recipes (and of course test the results). My favorites are chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies - make that very chewy - and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies without butter. Make me smile as soon as the smell wafts through the kitchen...

My very favorite cookies are what I like to call Cowboy cookies. Although my mother corrected me the other day and said they were more of a ranger cookie. They are Chocolate Chip cookies with amlonds, pecans, coconut and cornflakes. Delicious! I am not sure what makes them Cowboy-like or Ranger-like but I think Cowboy sounds more rough and tough then Ranger. :)

I do love chocolate chip cookies. In Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook, she has a great recipe for white chocolate butterscotch cookies which are even better if you add toffee bits to them! Also, I have a great recipe for macadamia nut and crystallized ginger cookies which are divine! They have the texture of these French cookies with dried currants in them... Maybe I simply love all cookies! I don't think I can pick a favorite :)

I think my favorite cookie is probably chocolate chocolate chip cookies, or the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies my mom made when I was little.I always find that refrigerating the dough makes the cookies taste a million times better.Yum :)

That shirt is so cute! I think granola chocolate chip or peanut butter chocolate chip are my favorite cookies to make. I've made this 36 hour recipe and often think of making it again as a special treat. I would love to wear the shirt while I bake!

my worlds are colliding ... I found you through Shauna (the puff pastry post!), I live in Threadless' home town (and even know a few of their employees) ... how'd you all find each other?

That being said, I have to say Shauna's recipe (the one you adapted) is my newest favorite. And a new favorite among my friends who all request it for special events ... not konwing/caring/understanding what gluten-free means. They just love the cookies ... btw, for a real treat, try smoked sea salt. Just sayin'

Love Threadless tees!! Definitely am a fan of Chunky Chocolate Chip cookies, but every Christmas I make Choco-Scutter Botch cookies for neighbors and friends, they are made with oatmeal,chocolate chunks, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips and walnuts! Mmmm tasty :)

I, too, am a cookie monster. I could no more choose a favorite cookie than I could a favorite child. Here are a few faves: Starbucks Oatmeal and Raisin, store-bought Lemon Coolers, coconut macaroons, no-bake chocolate oatmeal. . . Shall I go on?

i can't (never!) resist Indonesian traditional cookies. I do love Chocolate chip cookies, but my fav always my childhood cookie indulgent. my all time fav was called Nastar.look a truffle like,some round shape and some oval shape. Its a slightly sweet dough with cooked grated fresh Pineapple-sugar-cinnamon filling (cooked until no water in it,so it can be shaped). This cookie will so much popular when festive days in Indonesia (Ied Mubarak,Christmast,Chinese New Year) its a must cookie to have for every family in Indonesia during the festive days..The exotic and fresh of pineapple filling blend perfectly with slightly nice crumbly cookie dough.. Nice comfort cookie.I will still love to eat them after 5's !Awesome picts as usual,Helen.

Asking me to name my favorite cookie is liking asking a mother to pick a favorite child.

I first learned how to make Snickerdoodles. Oatmeal cookies are highly prized to me. And Gingersnaps. And Chocolate Mexican cookies filled with dulce de leche. Meringues are also delicious. And ATK's Triple Chocolate Cookies.

Have to say that my favorite cookie is the oreo. Though I've made homemade versions that came out well and I was glad to know what was in them, I think it's funny that no variation really improves on the original - double stuff, chocolate, vanilla - doesn't matter. It cannot be improved upon.

I have to admit to reading those irratating and sometimes amusing 'junk' emails passed on from friends and family, and found THE most delicious chocolate chip/flake recipe. It makes an ENORMOUS amount (something in the region of 120 cookies), but they never ever have lasted more than a week in our home! Sometimes it pays to read between the 'important' emails :)

Favorite cookie? Ha! Whichever one happens to be in front of me! No really.... ummmmmmm, Thomas Keller's homemade nutter butter recipe is a current fave for sure. Also... I love Threadless! I have collected about a dozen tees over the past few years.

mmm your cookies look so good! but being from hawaii, i have to my favorite is a tie between a chocolate-dipped macadamia nut shortbread cookie or an arare (japanese rice cracker) cookie, which pairs salty and sweet very nicely :).